Gleaner attachment for binders.



PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

A. P. PATTERSON. GLBANER ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

As imzowflallerso wue/wixaz QXWML an o c o alien nu;

SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

A. P. PATTERSON. GLEANER ATTACHMENT FOR BINDER S.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

- 0 F wvi/bneaoco Z UNITED STATES Patented September 2'7, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ASHMORE P. PATTERSON, OF LANSDOWNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLEANER ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,979, datedSeptember 27, 1904.

Application filed September 5 1903. Serial No, 172,191. (No model) T0 atwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AsHMoRE P. PATTERSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lansdowne, in the county of Delaware and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Gleaner Attachment forBinders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to means which may be attached to anyordinary type of binder and will elevate the grain onto the platformthereof.

The object is to provide an extremely simple attachment of the abovecharacter which can be readily applied to the binder, will eificientlyperform its work on both level and uneven ground, and will properlyposition the grain on the platform-carrier of the binder.

An embodiment of the invention which has proven entirely satisfactoryand is at present considered the preferable one is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and described in the following specification. Aninspection of the claims hereto appended will, however, show that theinvention is not limited to the specific details of construction setforth, but may be changed and modified in various ways.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a self-binder,showing the gleaner attachment in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview, on an enlarged scale, through the attachment. Fig. 3 is also asectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a detailelevation of the gearing employed.

: Fig. 5 is a top plan view thereof.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

The binder is of a well-known type and includes a suitable platform,having a transversely-moving apron or carrier 10 thereon, which carrierdelivers the grain to the elevator 11. The front end of the platform isprovided with the usual guards 12, in which the cutter-bar operates,said cutter, however, being removed when the gleaner is applied.

The gleaner which constitutes the present invention is preferablyconstructed as follows: A frame is employed consisting of spaced sidebars, each of which is formed of slidably-associated sections 13 and14:. The sections 13 carry at their rear ends brackets 15, havingdownturned cars 16, that are pivoted by suitable bolts 17 to ears 18,which are fastened to the upper face of an attaching-bar 19. This bar inthe present structure is adapted to rest upon the guards 12'and issecured thereto by suitable hook-bolts 20, passed through the bar andembracing the guards. The sections 14: are each in the form of a castingand preferably fit against the outer faces of the sections 13. Saidsections 14 are provided in their rear portion withlongitudinally-disposed slots 21, through which are passed bolts 22,that also pass through the sections 13. Openings 23 are also formed inthe sections 14.- and receive bolts 24:, that are attached to thesections 13. It will thus be seen that by this arrangement the side barsof the frame are extensible, as the bolts 22 and 2 1 permit theadjustment of the sections. A cross bar 25 connects the brackets 15, andin rear of said cross-bar is located a roller 26, journaledin thebrackets. Another roller, 27, is journaled in the front ends of thesections 14, and belts 28 pass about these rollers, said belts beingprovided with suitable outstanding fingers 29. In order to properlyposition the front end of the gleaner above the ground, ground-supportsare employed in the form of shoes or runners 30, said runners beinghinged, as shown at 31, at their front ends to the front portions of thesections 1 1. The rear ends are provided with upstanding terminalportions 32, having adjustable connections with the rear ends of thesections 1 1 by means of bolts 33. Thus by adjusting said rear ends ofthe runners it will be evident that the front end of the gleaner can beelevated to a greater or less degree above the surface of the ground. Inorder to properlydeliver the grain from the belts upon the carrier,rearwardly-extending curved fingers 34 extend over the roller 26 andabove said carrier, These fingers are preferably formed of looped wiressecured to the bar 25 by clips 35, that engage intermediate portions ofsaid looped wires and are fastened to the bar. By reference to Fig.3 itwill be seen that these fingers are located in different elevations. Inother words, the outermost are lower, and the height of the same isconsecutively increased to the innermost. These fingers are arranged insets that embrace the rear portions of the belts and preferably convergein rear of the same.

WVhile any suitable means may be employed for driving the gleaner, thereis shown a pair of intermeshing gear-wheels 36 and 37, the former ofwhich is fixed to the gudgeon 38 of the rear roller, the other beingsuitably secured to a stub shaft 39, journaled in a bracket 40, securedto the rear bracket 15. The shaft 39 is also provided with asprocketwheel 41, about which passes a sprocketchain 42, thatconstitutes the driving medium between the binder and gleanerattachment.

This sprocket-chain 42 passes about a larger sprocket-Wheel 43, affixedto the large reelshaft 44 of the machine, the reel having first beenremoved. A tension-idler 45 is preferably journaled upon a link 46,pivoted to the bracket 40. The gearing is protected by a guard-plate 47,fastened to the rear portion of the attachment, said plate serving toprevent the straw from becoming entangled in the gearing.

In'applying the structure shown to a binder the cutters and the reel arefirst removed, after which the attaching-bar 19 is placed upon theguards and fastened in place. The sprocket-wheel 43 is then suitablysecured to the reel-shaft and connected with the gearing by thesprocket-chain 42. After the front end of the gleaner has been adjustedby raising or lowering the shoes, so that the teeth or fingers 29 willjust pass over the surface of the ground, the machine is ready for operation. It will therefore be apparent that as said machine is advancedthe belts will be moved and the fingers will engage the grain, carryingit rearwardly onto the fingers 34. These fingers serve to strip thegrain from the belts, and they also coact with the platform-carrierapron to properly position the grain thereon. In other words, the heads,passing over the lowermost fingers, drop immediately upon the apron orconveyer, while the butts will be retarded sufficiently to permit theapron to swing the grain, so that it will lie transversely of the same.Thence it will be elevated in the usual manner to the binder mechanism.

This machine has proven entirely satisfactory in operation, and as ithas a pivotal connection with the platform it will accommodate itself tothe unevenness or roughness of the ground and at the same time willalways act efiiciently. The attachment, moreover, is one that can beeasily applied and removed from the binder, the hook-bolts serving tosecurely connect the two. While this is the preferable manner ofsecuring the attachment, it will be evident that other means may beemployed and that it can be fastened to any convenient portion of theplatform or the parts carried thereby without departing from the spiritof the invention. Furthermore, while the mechanism is shown as operatedfrom the reel-shaft it will be evident that it may be readily connectedwith any rotating element located adjacent and in suitable relationthereto.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention'will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of. construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with a harvester-platform,of a support located in advance of the platform, grain-elevatingmechanism movably mounted on the support,means for driving the elevatingmechanism upon said support, and means for pivotally attaching thesupport to the platform.

2. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with an attaching bar, ofgrain elevating mechanism pivoted to the bar, and means for attachingthe bar to the platform of a binder.

3. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with an attaching-bar, ofgrain-elevating mechanism pivoted to the attaching-bar, and a hook-boltcarried by the bar for engagement with the guard of a binder.

4. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with the platform of aharvester having guardfingers at its front end, of a frame located inadvance of said platform and guard-fingers, an endless belt movablymounted on the frame and extending in front of the guard-fingers, andmeans for attaching the frame to the platform.

5. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with a frame, of rollersjournaled on the frame, endless belts passing about the rollers, fingerscarried by the belts, and means for securing the rear portion of theframe to a binder so that the belts will deliver the material to theplatform-carrier thereof.

6. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with a frame, of rollersjournaled on the frame, endless belts passing about the rollers, fingerscarried by the belts, and means for pivotally securing the rear portionof the frame to the platform of the binder.

7. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with an attaching-bar, ofmeans for securing the same to the platform of a binder, a frame pivotedat its rear end to the attaching-bar, rollers journaled upon the frontand rear ends of the frame, and belts passing about the roll ers andcarrying outstanding fingers, the rear end of said belts being disposedabove the plane of the platform.

8. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with the platform of aharvester, of a frame located in advance of the platform, grain-carryingmechanism mounted on the frame, means for attaching the frame to theplatform, and a ground-support for the frame.

9. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with a frame, ofgrain-carrying mechanism mounted on the frame, means for pivotallyattaching the rear end of the frame to a binder, and a ground-supportcarried by the front end of the frame.

10. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with a frame, ofgrain-carrying mechanism mounted on the frame, means for pivotallyattaching the rear end of the frame to a binder, and an adjustableground-support carried by the front end of the frame.

11. In a gleaner attachment,the combination with a frame, ofgrain-carrying mechanism mounted on the frame, means for attaching theframe to a binder, and spaced shoes carried by the frame andconstituting a groundsupport therefor.

12. In a gleaner attachment,the combination with an attaching-bar, ofmeans for attaching the same to the platform of a binder, a framepivotally secured to the bar, grain-carrying mechanism mounted on theframe, and groundshoes pivoted at their front ends to the frame andhaving adjustableconnec'tions at their rear ends with said frame.

13. In a glean er attachment, the combination With the platform of abinder,of a frame,means for attaching the frame to the platform, rollersjournaled on the frame, belts passing about the rollers, and fingerscarried by the frame and extending rearwardly from the same and beyondthe belts, said fingers extending over the platform when the frame isattached to the same.

1 1. In a gleane r attachment, the combination with a frame, ofgrain-carrying mechanism mounted thereon, and grain-directing fingerscarried by the frame and constituting supports over which the grainpasses fromthe' grain-- carrying mechanism, said fingers being locatedin different elevations.

15. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with a frame, of means forsecuring the frame to a binder in advance of the platform-carrier,rollers journaled on the frame, belts passing about the rollers, andcurved grain-directing fingers attached to the rear portion of the frameand located in different elevations, said fingers extending rearwardlyof and above the rear ends of the carrier.

16. In a gleaner attachment, the combination frame between the bands andin rear of the same over the platform.v

17 In a gleaner attachment, the combination With the platform of abinder, of an extensible frame comprising slidably-associated sections,of rollers carried by the sections, a belt passing about the rollers,and means for pivotally attaching the frame to the platform.

1 8. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with an extensible frameincluding side bars that comprise slidably-associated sections, rollersjournaled in the corresponding sections of the side bars, belts passingabout the rollers, means for pivotally connecting the rear sections to abinder, and ground-supports connected to the front sections.

19. In a gleaner attachment,the combination with the platform and thereel-shaft of a harvester, of grain-elevating mechanism extending inadvance of said platform, means for attaching the mechanism to theplatform, and driving means for the elevating means, said driving meansbeing attached to and operated by the reel-shaft.

20. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with an attaching-bar, ofmeans for securing the same to the guards of a binder, a frame pivotedto the attaching-bar, front and rear rollers journaled on the frame,belts passing over the rollers and having fingers, a gear- Wheelattached to the rear roller, another gearwheel meshing with saidfirst-mentioned gearwheel and having a sprocket, a drivingsprocket, anda sprocket-chain passing about said sprockets.

21. In a gleaner attachment, the combination with the platform of abinder having guardfingers, of a support attached to the platform andextending in advance of the guardfingers, and an endless belt movablymounted on the support and delivering the grain to the platform, saidbelt extending in advance of the guard-fingers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ASHMORE P. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

ELGIN ELBURT, GEORGE E. BURNLEY.

